Santa hats are a tradeable cosmetic item. Santa hats can be obtained by completing one of the Christmasholiday events that occur once per year. This also rewards the player with all other holiday items associated with Christmas.

Santa hats were first obtainable on 2 August2013, in the Falador Party Room. There were multiple ways of obtaining them there: either by depositing coins, easter eggs or pumpkins into the chest, then pulling the lever. The maximum amount of Santa hats that would ever spawn at once was 5.